Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Bea's socks - test knit

It's amazing, there are more than 30 post cards winging their way to Germany right now! Some have even arrived and Mrs. Sabatowski said her son is very happy! Thank you all so much for doing this little kindness for somebody you don't know!

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I've finished some socks:

The little bump on the cuffs is not because of the pattern, but because of the sock blocker. The socks were just to long.

These socks were fun to knit, once I understood the concept. It took me that long to finish them, because I reknit the heel of the first sock three times. Not because of the pattern, but first I knit the foot too short, which I realized after heel # 1 was done. Than I had so many holes in the heel, it was embarrassing, so I ripped it again. Short row heels are not my forte. I normally don't like the fit of short row heels, but Bea wrote a gusset increase into the pattern. So the fit is perfect now! Third time was the charm though, I'm happy with how the heel turned out.Too bad the yarn didn't like being photographed, it's a lovely colorway, I like it a lot.Also I'm going to knit this pattern again some day. It's a great pattern.

And as if it were not enough to get a pattern to knit for free, as a thank you for test knitting Bea sent me these mohair balls!I haven't used mohair that much, in fact I can only remember using it for the Capeletts I made last Fall. I'm planning on finding a great pattern for this, and if I can't find one, I'll have to think of something myself. I'm looking forward to work with it!

These look wonderful! I'm just now finally turning the heel on my first one. Thank you for the side picture too, as I wasn't quite sure how that was going to work out. I think I will have to just go rent a couple movies and sit myself down, go to it and get them done. :-)

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About Me

I live in Canada now, but I'm originally from Austria.
My White Shepherd Happy, and Denny the mutt, are my constant companions. Maggie is my sons dog, but she's with me most of the day. I have two grown kids too ;o) by the way.